Optics Letters · 1990 · 58 citations · 7 references
Germanium SiliconSingle-crystal LayerOptical MaterialsEngineeringMultimode Planar GuideSilicon On InsulatorOptical WaveguidingOptical PropertiesGuided-wave OpticPhotonic Integrated CircuitPlanar Waveguide SensorNanophotonicsPhotonicsPhysicsLow-loss WaveguidingSemiconductor Device FabricationMicroelectronicsPhotonic DeviceApplied PhysicsOptoelectronics
Low-loss waveguiding at lambda = 1.3 microm has been observed in a partially strained, 10-microm-thick, single-crystal layer of Ge(0.1)Si(0.9) grown by chemical-vapor deposition upon an intrinsic (100) silicon substrate. The TM-mode propagation loss in the multimode planar guide was 1.9 dB/cm.
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Avalanche gain in Ge<sub>x</sub>Si<sub>1-x</sub>/Si infrared waveguide detectors
T. P. Pearsall, H. Temkin, J. C. Bean et al. · IEEE Electron Device Letters · 1986 · 131 citations